2 Corinthians 12:6

For though I should have a mind to glory, I shall not be foolish; for I will say the truth. But I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth in me, or any thing he heareth from me.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but now I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me.

In Context

5For such an one I will glory; but for myself I will glory nothing, but in my infirmities.

7And lest the greatness of the revelations should exalt me, there was given me a sting of my flesh, an angel of Satan, to buffet me.

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Cross References

Romans 9:1And not only she. But when Rebecca also had conceived at once, of Isaac our father.

1 Corinthians 3:9For we are God's coadjutors: you are God's husbandry; you are God's building.

2 Corinthians 5:13For whether we be transported in mind, it is to God; or whether we be sober, it is for you.

2 Corinthians 11:16I say again, (let no man think me to be foolish, otherwise take me as one foolish, that I also may glory a little.)

2 Corinthians 12:7And lest the greatness of the revelations should exalt me, there was given me a sting of my flesh, an angel of Satan, to buffet me.

Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 12:2-11

The Apostle's Rapture. ( a. d. 57.) 1 It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord. 2 I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven. 3 And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) 4 How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for… Read the whole commentary →

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